Deborah
S. Welch
Deborah
Welch,a Principal in Respect, Incorporated, started her 20 year career in
industry in Finance and used those skills, as well as those in marketing and
strategic planning to successfully manage a $50 million international electronics
business for DuPont. Her tenure as a business manager, and as a member of
the leadership team for a $500 million films business, taught her the importance
of human capital.
As
a manager, she integrated multi-cultural team building interventions into
a global business meetings that significantly improved implementation of business
plans, thereby increasing profilts. She designed a leadership development
program for the exempt manufacturing staff that added flexibility and competitiveness
to the business. On a larger scale, Ms. Welch co-designed several multi-day
interventions focused on leadership development, trust and teamwork. These
efforts combined with her extensive cost study and restructuring plan, contributed
to a significant financial turnaround.
While
at DuPont, Ms. Welch joined corporate leadership on the cutting edge of diversity
training as a member of the original "CoreGroup" exploring issues
of race and gender, and as a co-designer of the first Women's Conference,
a three-day experience for 150 women. Externally, she worked with representatives
of the Digital Equipment Corporation and Procter and Gamble to share technology
for moving diversity through major organizations. Ms. Welch presented at the
American Society of Women Personnel Administrators conference in Washington,
DC. on these issues.
Ms.
Welch presented at the 1993 University of Cincinnati Diversity conference
and conducted workshops accross the US on sexual harassment for Federal Publications.
She is a judge for the Delaware Quality Consortium's annual awards, and spoke
about diversity and it's link to quality at the 1994 and 1995 Delaware State
meeting of the American Society of Quality Control. Through Respect, she has
been featured in Numerous newspapers and books, and often speaks before professional
organizations, including the Delaware Employers' Council, the Inscape Publish
International Business Conference, and the Women's Entrepreneurial Conference
of the Chamber of Commerce of New Castle County.
Deborah
has served as a chairperson of the largest fund-raiser for the Delaware Division
of the American Cancer Society. She is a member of the Board of Directors
of the Delaware Chapter of the Society of Human Resources, and the Forum of
Executive Women. Ms. Welch graduated from Juniata College with a BS degree
in Business Administration.